System and method for provisioning personalized data into mobile device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a system that comprises a proxy server configured to receive a first service request message, to keep a message count based on an Internet protocol (IP) address, to drop the first service request message if the message count reaches a threshold, to build one or more executable, complex objects using more than one data items from the first service request message and an object definition schema, and to produce a second service request message by executing the one or more executable, complex objects. The system also provides a mobile device that includes an application manager, wherein the proxy server is configured to send the second service request message to a designated port on the mobile device, wherein the application manager is configured to listen on the designated port and in response to receiving the second service request message on the designated port, to wake up a provisioning application associated with the designated port, and wherein the provisioning application is configured to initiate provisioning one or more personalized data items into the mobile device.

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BACKGROUND

A mobile device such as a mobile phone is a personalized device that mayhave a unique mobile directory number (MDN), a unique mobileidentification number (MIN), and other individualized data items. Totake advantage of this personalized device, institutions or entitiessuch as banks and advertisement agencies may collaborate with a mobilenetwork carrier to provision personalized data into the mobile device sothat the mobile device may function as a credit card, a coupon book, oran identification (ID) card, among other roles, to provide moreconveniences to customers. A service request message may be sent to themobile device to initiate the provisioning of the personalized dataitems. Different network technologies and messaging protocols may beused to send the service request message. For example, a bank may usethe hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to initiate a credit cardprovisioning request to the mobile device, and an advertisement agencymay use the email message to push an advertisement onto the mobiledevice.

SUMMARY

In one embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a proxy serverconfigured to receive a first service request message, to keep a messagecount based on an Internet protocol (IP) address, to drop the firstservice request message if the message count reaches a threshold, tobuild one or more executable, complex objects using more than one dataitems from the first service request message and an object definitionschema, and to produce a second service request message by executing theone or more executable, complex objects. The system also provides amobile device that includes an application manager, wherein the proxyserver is configured to send the second service request message to adesignated port on the mobile device, wherein the application manager isconfigured to listen on the designated port and in response to receivingthe second service request message on the designated port to wake up aprovisioning application associated with the designated port, andwherein the provisioning application is configured to initiateprovisioning one or more personalized data items into the mobile device.

In one embodiment, a method for provisioning personal data into a mobiledevice is provided that includes initiating an extensible markuplanguage (XML)-based first service request message using an HTTP messageprotocol, limiting the first service request message, building one ormore complex JAVA objects using more than one data item from the firstservice request message and a JAVA object definition schema, producing ashort message service (SMS) message by executing the one or more complexJAVA objects, and waking up a provisioning application on a mobiledevice to initiate provisioning of a plurality of personalized dataitems into a mobile device by sending the SMS message to a designatedport on the mobile device.

In another embodiment, a short message peer-to-peer protocol (SMPP)proxy server is provided that includes an application program interface(API) configured to receive an XML-based service request messagecontaining more than one data items destined for a mobile device using ahypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and an object generator configured toproduce one or more complex JAVA objects from a JAVA object definitionschema and the more than one data items from the XML-based servicerequest message. The SMPP proxy server also includes a protocol servicemodule configured to execute the one or more complex JAVA objects toproduce a short message service (SMS) service request message and anSMPP interface module configured to send the SMS service request messageto an application manager on a mobile device to wake up a provisioningapplication to initiate provisioning of a plurality of personalized dataitems into the mobile device

These and other features will be more clearly understood from thefollowing detailed description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of this disclosure, reference is nowmade to the following brief description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and detailed description, wherein like referencenumerals represent like parts.

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a network.

FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method for provisioningpersonalized data into a mobile device.

FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a protocol proxy server.

FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a wireless communications system.

FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a handset in a block diagram.

FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a handset software environment.

FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary general-purpose computer system suitablefor implementing the several embodiments of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It should be understood at the outset that although an illustrativeimplementation of one or more embodiments is provided below, thedisclosed systems and/or methods may be implemented using any number oftechniques, whether currently known or in existence. The disclosureshould in no way be limited to the illustrative implementations,drawings, and techniques illustrated below, including the exemplarydesigns and implementations illustrated and described herein, but may bemodified within the scope of the appended claims along with their fullscope of equivalents.

Different network technologies and messaging protocols may be used bydifferent entities to send service request messages to initiateprovisioning of personalized data into a mobile device. For example, abank may use the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to initiate a creditcard provisioning request to the mobile device, and an advertisementagency may use an email protocol to push an advertisement onto themobile device.

The present disclosure provides a means to throttle or limit themessages to be sent to a mobile device to reduce the chance that themobile device is inundated with messages, and to alleviate the messageprocessing load on a server. The present disclosure also provides ageneric approach to generating a message such as a short message service(SMS) message suitable to be sent to the mobile device by building acomplex, executable object from a received service request message andan object definition schema. This approach may avoid the need tohardcode a solution for a service request message, either on the mobiledevice or on server communicating with the mobile device. The presentdisclosure also uses a short message peer-to-peer protocol (SMPP) tosend the SMS message to a designated port on the mobile device to wakeup a provisioning application to start the provisioning of thepersonalized data into the mobile device.

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a network 100 for provisioningpersonalized data items into a mobile device. The network 100 comprisesan initiating server 161, an interconnecting network 181, an applicationserver domain 123, a wireless access network (AN) 131, and a mobiledevice 121. Portions of the network 100, such as the initiating server161, may be embodied as a general purpose computer. General purposecomputer systems are described in greater detail hereinafter.

The initiating server 161 is a network node that may be part of anentity that is different from the one to which the application serverdomain 123 belongs. For example, the initiating server 161 may be partof a banking network or other commercial network; the application serverdomain 123 may belong to a wireless network carrier. The initialingserver 161 may be configured to initiate a service request message forprovisioning personal data items into the mobile device 121. Theapplication server domain 123 may need to convert the service requestmessage to a second message suitable for the mobile device. Theinitiating server 161 may use the HTTP to send the service requestmessage to the application server domain 123. The application serverdomain 123 may use an SMPP to send the second message to the mobiledevice 121. In addition, the initiating server 161 may use a networktechnology that is different from the one that the application serverdomain 123 uses. For example, the initiating server 161 may use anasynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network technology, and the applicationserver domain 123 may use an IP network technology.

The interconnecting network 181 may connect the application serverdomain 123 with the initiating server 161, and may interconnect a set ofapplication servers within the application server domain 123. Theinterconnecting network 181 may comprise a single network, or multiplenetworks, including the Internet, depending on the networkconfiguration. The interconnecting network 181 may use Internet Protocol(IP), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), time division multiplexing(TDM), other networking technologies, or a combination of the above.

The application server domain 123 may include a number of applicationservers to accommodate different types of application needs. Theapplication server domain 123 may include a mobile payment controlserver 111, an SMPP proxy server 310, and an SMSC gateway 115. Otherservers may include a banking service server, a security server, and abilling server, among others. The application servers within theapplication server domain 123 may communicate with each other via theinterconnecting network 181 or an internal network (not shown). Themobile payment control server 111, the SMPP proxy server 310, and theSMSC gateway 115 may be closely coupled with each other at one locationor distributed across the network 100, depending on the systemconfiguration and the design choice. The mobile payment control server111, the SMPP proxy server 310, and the SMSC gateway 115 may be embodiedon a general purpose computer, as described in more detail hereinafter.

The mobile payment control server 111 may be a gateway node of theapplication server domain 123. A gateway node may normally performfunctions such as protocol translation and message format conversion,among others. Messages from an outside network node such as theinitiating server 161 may first come to the mobile payment controlserver 111. The mobile payment control server 111 may be configured toperform mobile payment related operations such as network protocolconversion, message protocol conversion, and security checking, amongothers. For example, a banking network node may send a service requestmessage in the ATM cell format using the HTTP protocol. The mobilepayment control server 111 may translate the ATM cells to IP packets,and perform security checks on the IP packets before forwarding the IPpackets to the SMPP proxy server 310.

The SMPP proxy server 310 may serve SMPP related requests from a clientnode such as the initiating server 161 on behalf of a SMPP server (notshown) that may be located outside the network 100 and belong to adifferent network carrier. The services the SMPP proxy server 310 mayprovide include converting a received service request message to an SMSmessage suitable to be sent to the mobile device 121. Details of theSMPP proxy server 310 are illustrated in FIG. 3 and described later.

The short message service center (SMSC) gateway 115 is a gateway nodethat may route messages to destination devices. In one embodiment, theSMPP is the choice of the messaging protocol for sending the servicerequest message to the mobile device 121. The SMSC gateway 115 mayconvert a received service request message in a format other than theSMS into an SMS message, communicate with an SMSC to get routinginformation, and then route the SMS message to the mobile device 121.

The mobile device 121 may be used by a user to send a message or receiveand view a message. In an embodiment, the mobile device 121 may be amobile phone, a wireless personal digital assistant (PDA), a tabletcomputer, a laptop computer, and so on. The mobile device 121 maysupport one or more types of messages, depending on the hardware andsoftware the mobile device 121 may support. The mobile device 121 mayinclude a provisioning application (PA) 125 to help provision thepersonalized data items into the mobile device 121. The provisioningapplication 125 may store the personalized data items into appropriatedata structures and locations on the mobile device 121 and report backto the initiating server 161 the status of the provisioning operation.The mobile device 121 may also include an application manager (AM) 126that is configured to monitor a number of designated ports on the mobiledevice 121 and wake up an associated application once a message isreceived at a port. For example, the application manager 126 may listento the port 8990 and wake up the provisioning application 125 that isassociated with the port 8990 once an SMS service request message issent to the port 8990, using the SMPP.

The wireless access network (AN) 131 may connect the mobile device 121to the SMSC gateway 115 via the interconnecting network 181 and maycomprise multiple network nodes. For example, in some of the secondgeneration (2 G) or some of the third generation (3 G) wireless networkconfigurations, the wireless access network 131 may comprise a number ofbase station transceivers (BTSs) and a base station controller (BSC). ABTS may comprise an antenna tower to receive radio signals from thosemobile devices within its transmission range, for example the mobiledevice 121. Multiple BTSs may be coupled to a BSC via physical wiressuch as copper or fiber wires. Multiple BSCs and BTSs may form an AN tobe coupled to an interconnecting network such as the network 181. Moredetail about mobile devices is provided with regard to FIG. 4.

FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method 200 for converting aservice request message to an SMS message to be sent to the mobiledevice 121 to initiate the provisioning of the personalized data itemsinto the mobile device 121. The method 200 may include initiating aservice request message at block 213, converting static data items intoone or more complex objects at block 215, generating a second servicerequest message by executing the generated complex object at block 217,waking up an application on a mobile device by sending the secondservice request message to the mobile device 121 at block 219, andinitiating the provisioning of the personalized data items at block 221.

Block 213 shows initiating a service request message that is to be sentto the mobile device 121. The service request message may come from anetwork node such as the initiating server 161 that is outside theapplication server domain 123. The network node that initiates theservice request message may not have any knowledge about the networkprotocol and message format suitable for sending the service requestmessage to the mobile device 121. Thus, the message format of theservice request message and the network protocol used to send theservice request message may be different from the message format and theprotocol to be used to send the service request message to the receivingmobile device 121. For example, in one embodiment, the service requestmessage may be in an XML-based format, and may be sent to theapplication server domain 123 using an HTTP protocol over an IP network.

Block 215 shows generating one or more complex objects using more thanone XML data items contained in the received service request message andan object definition schema. In one embodiment, JAVA is the choice ofthe programming language for implementing portions of the presentdisclosure, for example the SMPP proxy server 310. A JAVA complex objecthas a hierarchical structure with a parent object having one or morechild objects or sub-objects. Producing one or more complex JAVA objectsmay involve parsing the service request message and the objectdefinition schema, mapping the data items into the predefined classschema contained in the object definition schema file, and thengenerating a complex object from the data-filled class schema. In oneembodiment, the document object model (DOM) parser is used to parse theobject definition schema, and the simple API for XML (SAX) parser isused to parse the XML-based data items contained in the service requestmessage. Then the object definition schema, which is held in storagespace by the DOM parser, is used to map the data items into ahierarchical structure of the parsed object definition schema. Forexample, the service request message may have a subscriber ID, one ormore MDNs that belong to the subscriber and uniquely identifies a mobiledevice, and a port on the mobile device to which the service requestmessage is directed. A three-level containment relationship, orthree-level place holders, from the subscriber ID to the MDN, to theport, may be first defined in the object definition schema. Then thedata in the service request message is mapped into the place holders inthe object definition schema. The executable complex object may then begenerated from the data-filled object definition schema using a JAVAcode generator. To accommodate a new type of service request message, anew object definition schema may be defined using a UI such as a webconsole, rather than a new module being hard coded.

Block 217 shows building a second service request message by executingthe complex JAVA object. In one embodiment, the executable complex JAVAobject may be run in a JAVA virtual machine. The output from executingthe complex JAVA object is an SMS message to be sent to the mobiledevice 121. In an embodiment, the complex JAVA object may not betransmitted over the wire or wirelessly. Hence, the JAVA object istranslated in some way, for example into XML or into a serializationstream, and then it can be transmitted to the receiver, for example thewhere the JAVA object may be reassembled, based on the XML orserialization stream, at the receiving end. XML may be preferred in someembodiments, because the class definition of the sending device may notbe needed and because the receiver retains a choice on how to build thecomplex object. The complex JAVA object itself is not sent to the mobiledevice 121.

Block 219 shows waking up an application on the mobile device 121 bysending the second service request message, or the SMS message, to themobile device 121. In an embodiment, the SMPP protocol is the choice ofthe message protocol used to send the SMS message to a port on themobile device 121 that is specified in the SMS message. The SMPPprotocol may direct a message to a specified port on the mobile device121 while other common choices of message protocols such as the emailprotocol simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) may or may not do this.The application manager 126 on the mobile device 121 may listen to thedesignated port and wakes up the provisioning application 125 associatedwith the port once the application manager 126 receives the SMS message.

The block 221 shows starting provisioning of the personalized data itemsinto the mobile device 121. Once receiving the second service requestmessage, or the SMS message, the provisioning application 125 on themobile device 121 may start a dialogue with an application server suchas the mobile payment control server 111 to initiate the process ofprovisioning the personalized data items into the mobile device 121.

FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a system 300 including the SMPPproxy server 310 coupled with the initiating server 161, an SMSC gateway331, and the mobile device 121. The SMPP proxy server 310 may comprisean application program interface (API) 311, a protocol service module313, an SMPP interface (IF) 315, an object generator 317, a UI 321, andan XML-based object definition schema 319.

The SMPP proxy server 310 may receive a service request message in anXML-based format, and may turn the message into a SMS message to be sentto the mobile device 121. One common approach of translating a servicerequest message in the XML-based format into an SMS message may be tohardcode the translation logic. To hardcode the translation logic, asoftware module needs to be coded, compiled, installed in memory, andinitialized. This approach may not be efficient when the data items inthe service request message have a hierarchical relationship, and whenthere is a need to accommodate protocols other than the SMPP. Inaddition, the translation logic becomes more complicated if there is achange to the relationship between the data items. For example, thehierarchical relationship from the MDN of a mobile device to a port onthe mobile device, and then to an application associated with the port,as described earlier, may change over time, and when a change occurs,the translation module may need to be recoded.

The SMPP proxy server 310 may have a need to accommodate protocols otherthan the SMPP, and may generate messages other than the SMS message. Fora new protocol, a new translation module may be needed if thetranslation module is hard coded. The SMPP proxy server 310 uses anapproach that defines the protocol data structure in an object schemadefinition file, then maps the data from a service request message intothe object schema, generates a complex JAVA object with a hierarchicalobject structure to represent the hierarchical relationships between thedata items, and then executes the complex objects to generate a secondservice request message.

The API 311 is configured to respond to a service request message in anXML-based format sent from the initiating server 161. The API 311 may beconfigured with the knowledge of the HTTP protocol port, messagestructure, and reply message format. For example, the API 311 may listenon the message port 80 for an HTTP message, parse the message accordingto the message structure, and send a reply message to the initiatingserver 161 using the HTTP.

The object definition schema 319 may define a JAVA class hierarchy. Forexample, a three-level containment hierarchy may have the followinginformation: a subscriber ID at the top of the hierarchy, one or moreMDNs that belong to the subscriber and may identify one or more mobiledevices at the second level of the containment hierarchy, and a port onthe identified mobile device at the bottom level of the containmenthierarchy. The JAVA object definition schema may be viewed as placeholders that may be filled with values later. The received servicerequest message in the XML-based format may contain the data values forthe object schema. To continue the example, the data value contained inthe service request may be a subscriber ID “Joe123”, and an MDN thatbelongs to the subscriber ID and identifies the mobile device may be214.222.1122. The port on the mobile device to which this servicerequest message is sent may be 9811.

The UI 321 may allow a user to edit the XML-based object definitionschema 319 to accommodate a change in the service request message. TheUI 321 may also allow the user to create a new XML object definitionschema for a new service request message using a different protocol.

The object generator 317 may be configured to first parse the objectdefinition schema and the XML data contained in the service requestmessage. In one embodiment, the object generator 317 uses the DOM parserto parse the object definition schema and the SAX parser to parse theXML data. Then the object generator 317 may map the parsed data valuesinto the JAVA class schema, or the place holders. Then the objectgenerator 317 may instantiate the complex JAVA object by creating anexecutable instance of the complex JAVA object. The object generator 317may send the instantiated complex JAVA object to the API 311, which inturn may send the generated Java object to the protocol service module313.

The protocol service module 313 may load the generated complex JAVAobjects into memory and execute the objects to generate an SMS messageby running the complex object through a JAVA virtual machine. Theprotocol service module 313 may make use of the interpretive nature ofJAVA to execute the generated code without reinitiating the SMPP proxyserver itself. Techniques, such as JAVA reflection, may be used thatallow the protocol service module 313 to execute a JAVA object withoutprior knowledge of its existence. The output from executing the complexJAVA objects is an SMS service request message suitable for the SMPP.The protocol service module 313 may then send the SMPP request messageto the SMPP interface (IF) 315.

The SMPP IF module 315 may establish a connection with the SMSC gateway331 to send the SMS request message using the SMPP. The connectionattempt may fail and the SMPP IF module 315 may retry within a limit.The number of retries and the interval between retries may beconfigurable by a user via a UI. The SMPP IF module 315 establishing aconnection with the SMSC gateway 331 may also be referred to as bindingto the SMSC gateway 331 and the connection retries may be referred to asrebinding. In an embodiment, the SMPP interface module is configured toattempt rebinding to the SMSC gateway 331 if a first binding attemptfails and to repeat the rebinding until the rebinding is successful or apredetermined number of rebindings have been attempted.

The present disclosure may have a number of applications. Exampleapplications may include provisioning a credit card into a mobiledevice, pushing commercial promotions such as coupons onto the mobiledevice, or provisioning a temporary ID into the mobile device so thatmobile device may double as a temporary ID card for a specified periodof time.

FIG. 4 shows a wireless communications system including a handset 102.FIG. 4 depicts the handset 102, which is operable for implementingaspects of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure should notbe limited to these implementations. Though illustrated as a mobilephone, the handset 102 may take various forms including a wirelesshandset, a pager, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portablecomputer, a tablet computer, or a laptop computer. Many suitablehandsets combine some or all of these functions. In some embodiments ofthe present disclosure, the handset 102 is not a general purposecomputing device like a portable, laptop or tablet computer, but ratheris a special-purpose communications device such as a mobile phone,wireless handset, pager, or PDA. The handset 102 may support specializedactivities such as gaming, inventory control, job control, and/or taskmanagement functions, and so on.

The handset 102 includes a display 402 and a touch-sensitive surface orkeys 404 for input by a user. The handset 102 may present options forthe user to select, controls for the user to actuate, and/or cursors orother indicators for the user to direct. The handset 102 may furtheraccept data entry from the user, including numbers to dial or variousparameter values for configuring the operation of the handset. Thehandset 102 may further execute one or more software or firmwareapplications in response to user commands. These applications mayconfigure the handset 102 to perform various customized functions inresponse to user interaction. Additionally, the handset 102 may beprogrammed and/or configured over-the-air, for example from a wirelessbase station, a wireless access point, or a peer handset 102.

The handset 102 may execute a web browser application which enables thedisplay 402 to show a web page. The web page may be obtained viawireless communications with a cell tower 406, a wireless network accessnode, a peer handset 102 or any other wireless communication network orsystem. The cell tower 406 (or wireless network access node) is coupledto a wired network 408, such as the Internet. Via the wireless link andthe wired network, the handset 102 has access to information on variousservers, such as a server 410. The server 410 may provide content thatmay be shown on the display 402. Alternately, the handset 102 may accessthe cell tower 406 through a peer handset 102 acting as an intermediary,in a relay type or hop type of connection.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the handset 102. While a variety ofknown components of handsets 102 are depicted, in an embodiment a subsetof the listed components and/or additional components not listed may beincluded in the handset 102. The handset 102 includes a digital signalprocessor (DSP) 502 and a memory 504. As shown, the handset 102 mayfurther include an antenna and front end unit 506, a radio frequency(RF) transceiver 508, an analog baseband processing unit 510, amicrophone 512, an earpiece speaker 514, a headset port 516, aninput/output interface 518, a removable memory card 520, a universalserial bus (USB) port 522, an infrared port 524, a vibrator 526, akeypad 528, a touch screen liquid crystal display (LCD) with a touchsensitive surface 530, a touch screen/LCD controller 532, acharge-coupled device (CCD) camera 534, a camera controller 536, and aglobal positioning system (GPS) sensor 538. In an embodiment, thehandset 102 may include another kind of display that does not provide atouch sensitive screen. In an embodiment, the DSP 502 may communicatedirectly with the memory 504 without passing through the input/outputinterface 518.

The DSP 502 or some other form of controller or central processing unitoperates to control the various components of the handset 102 inaccordance with embedded software or firmware stored in memory 504 orstored in memory contained within the DSP 502 itself. In addition to theembedded software or firmware, the DSP 502 may execute otherapplications stored in the memory 504 or made available via informationcarrier media such as portable data storage media like the removablememory card 520 or via wired or wireless network communications. Theapplication software may comprise a compiled set of machine-readableinstructions that configure the DSP 502 to provide the desiredfunctionality, or the application software may be high-level softwareinstructions to be processed by an interpreter or compiler to indirectlyconfigure the DSP 502.

The antenna and front end unit 506 may be provided to convert betweenwireless signals and electrical signals, enabling the handset 102 tosend and receive information from a cellular network or some otheravailable wireless communications network or from a peer handset 102. Inan embodiment, the antenna and front end unit 506 may include multipleantennas to support beam forming and/or multiple input multiple output(MIMO) operations. As is known to those skilled in the art, MIMOoperations may provide spatial diversity which can be used to overcomedifficult channel conditions and/or increase channel throughput. Theantenna and front end unit 506 may include antenna tuning and/orimpedance matching components, RF power amplifiers, and/or low noiseamplifiers.

The RF transceiver 508 provides frequency shifting, converting receivedRF signals to baseband and converting baseband transmit signals to RF.In some descriptions a radio transceiver or RF transceiver may beunderstood to include other signal processing functionality such asmodulation/demodulation, coding/decoding, interleaving/deinterleaving,spreading/despreading, inverse fast fourier transforming (IFFT)/fastfourier transforming (FFT), cyclic prefix appending/removal, and othersignal processing functions. For the purposes of clarity, thedescription here separates the description of this signal processingfrom the RF and/or radio stage and conceptually allocates that signalprocessing to the analog baseband processing unit 510 and/or the DSP 502or other central processing unit. In some embodiments, the RFTransceiver 508, portions of the Antenna and Front End 506, and theanalog baseband processing unit 510 may be combined in one or moreprocessing units and/or application specific integrated circuits(ASICs).

The analog baseband processing unit 510 may provide various analogprocessing of inputs and outputs, for example analog processing ofinputs from the microphone 512 and the headset port 516 and outputs tothe earpiece speaker 514 and the headset port 516. To that end, theanalog baseband processing unit 510 may have ports for connecting to thebuilt-in microphone 512 and the earpiece speaker 514 that enable thehandset 102 to be used as a cell phone. The analog baseband processingunit 510 may further include a port for connecting to a headset or otherhands-free microphone and speaker configuration. The analog basebandprocessing unit 510 may provide digital-to-analog conversion in onesignal direction and analog-to-digital conversion in the opposing signaldirection. In some embodiments, at least some of the functionality ofthe analog baseband processing unit 510 may be provided by digitalprocessing components, for example by the DSP 502 or by other centralprocessing units.

The DSP 502 may perform modulation/demodulation, coding/decoding,interleaving/deinterleaving, spreading/despreading, inverse fast fouriertransforming (IFFT)/fast fourier transforming (FFT), cyclic prefixappending/removal, and other signal processing functions associated withwireless communications. In an embodiment, for example in a codedivision multiple access (CDMA) technology application, for atransmitter function the DSP 502 may perform modulation, coding,interleaving, and spreading, and for a receiver function the DSP 502 mayperform despreading, deinterleaving, decoding, and demodulation. Inanother embodiment, for example in an orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplex access (OFDMA) technology application, for the transmitterfunction the DSP 502 may perform modulation, coding, interleaving,inverse fast fourier transforming, and cyclic prefix appending, and fora receiver function the DSP 502 may perform cyclic prefix removal, fastfourier transforming, deinterleaving, decoding, and demodulation. Inother wireless technology applications, yet other signal processingfunctions and combinations of signal processing functions may beperformed by the DSP 502.

The DSP 502 may communicate with a wireless network via the analogbaseband processing unit 510. In some embodiments, the communication mayprovide Internet connectivity, enabling a user to gain access to contenton the Internet and to send and receive e-mail or text messages. Theinput/output interface 518 interconnects the DSP 502 and variousmemories and interfaces. The memory 504 and the removable memory card520 may provide software and data to configure the operation of the DSP502. Among the interfaces may be the USB interface 522 and the infraredport 524. The USB interface 522 may enable the handset 102 to functionas a peripheral device to exchange information with a personal computeror other computer system. The infrared port 524 and other optional portssuch as a Bluetooth interface or an IEEE 802.11 compliant wirelessinterface may enable the handset 102 to communicate wirelessly withother nearby handsets and/or wireless base stations.

The input/output interface 518 may further connect the DSP 502 to thevibrator 526 that, when triggered, causes the handset 102 to vibrate.The vibrator 526 may serve as a mechanism for silently alerting the userto any of various events such as an incoming call, a new text message,and an appointment reminder.

The keypad 528 couples to the DSP 502 via the interface 518 to provideone mechanism for the user to make selections, enter information, andotherwise provide input to the handset 102. Another input mechanism maybe the touch screen LCD 530, which may also display text and/or graphicsto the user. The touch screen LCD controller 532 couples the DSP 502 tothe touch screen LCD 530.

The CCD camera 534 enables the handset 102 to take digital pictures. TheDSP 502 communicates with the CCD camera 534 via the camera controller536. The GPS sensor 538 is coupled to the DSP 502 to decode globalpositioning system signals, thereby enabling the handset 102 todetermine its position. In another embodiment, a camera operatingaccording to a technology other than Charge Coupled Device cameras maybe employed. Various other peripherals may also be included to provideadditional functions, e.g., radio and television reception.

FIG. 6 illustrates a software environment 602 that may be implemented bythe DSP 502. The DSP 502 executes operating system drivers 604 thatprovide a platform from which the rest of the software operates. Theoperating system drivers 604 provide drivers for the handset hardwarewith standardized interfaces that are accessible to applicationsoftware. The operating system drivers 604 include applicationmanagement services (“AMS”) 606 that transfer control betweenapplications running on the handset 102. Also shown in FIG. 6 are a webbrowser application 608, a media player application 610, and JAVAapplets 612. The web browser application 608 configures the handset 102to operate as a web browser, allowing a user to enter information intoforms and select links to retrieve and view web pages. The media playerapplication 610 configures the handset 102 to retrieve and play audio oraudiovisual media. The JAVA applets 612 configure the handset 102 toprovide games, utilities, and other functionality.

Portions of the network 100 described above may be implemented on anygeneral-purpose computer with sufficient processing power, memoryresources, and network throughput capability to handle the necessaryworkload placed upon it. FIG. 7 illustrates a typical, general-purposecomputer system suitable for implementing one or more embodimentsdisclosed herein. The computer system 480 includes a processor 482(which may be referred to as a central processor unit or CPU) that is incommunication with memory devices including secondary storage 484, readonly memory (ROM) 486, random access memory (RAM) 488, input/output(I/O) devices 490, and network connectivity devices 492. The processormay be implemented as one or more CPU chips.

The secondary storage 484 is typically comprised of one or more diskdrives or tape drives and is used for non-volatile storage of data andas an over-flow data storage device if RAM 488 is not large enough tohold all working data. Secondary storage 484 may be used to storeprograms which are loaded into RAM 488 when such programs are selectedfor execution. The ROM 486 is used to store instructions and perhapsdata which are read during program execution. ROM 486 is a non-volatilememory device which typically has a small memory capacity relative tothe larger memory capacity of secondary storage. The RAM 488 is used tostore volatile data and perhaps to store instructions. Access to bothROM 486 and RAM 488 is typically faster than to secondary storage 484.

I/O devices 490 may include printers, video monitors, liquid crystaldisplays (LCDs), touch screen displays, keyboards, keypads, switches,dials, mice, track balls, voice recognizers, card readers, paper tapereaders, or other well-known input devices.

The network connectivity devices 492 may take the form of modems, modembanks, ethernet cards, universal serial bus (USB) interface cards,serial interfaces, token ring cards, fiber distributed data interface(FDDI) cards, wireless local area network (WLAN) cards, radiotransceiver cards such as code division multiple access (CDMA) and/orglobal system for mobile communications (GSM) radio transceiver cards,and other well-known network devices. These network connectivity devices492 may enable the processor 482 to communicate with an Internet or oneor more intranets. With such a network connection, it is contemplatedthat the processor 482 might receive information from the network, ormight output information to the network in the course of performing theabove-described method steps. Such information, which is oftenrepresented as a sequence of instructions to be executed using processor482, may be received from and outputted to the network, for example, inthe form of a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave

Such information, which may include data or instructions to be executedusing processor 482 for example, may be received from and outputted tothe network, for example, in the form of a computer data baseband signalor signal embodied in a carrier wave. The baseband signal or signalembodied in the carrier wave generated by the network connectivitydevices 492 may propagate in or on the surface of electrical conductors,in coaxial cables, in waveguides, in optical media, for example opticalfiber, or in the air or free space. The information contained in thebaseband signal or signal embedded in the carrier wave may be orderedaccording to different sequences, as may be desirable for eitherprocessing or generating the information or transmitting or receivingthe information. The baseband signal or signal embedded in the carrierwave, or other types of signals currently used or hereafter developed,referred to herein as the transmission medium, may be generatedaccording to several methods well known to one skilled in the art.

The processor 482 executes instructions, codes, computer programs,scripts which it accesses from hard disk, floppy disk, optical disk(these various disk based systems may all be considered secondarystorage 484), ROM 486, RAM 488, or the network connectivity devices 492.

While several embodiments have been provided in the present disclosure,it should be understood that the disclosed systems and methods might beembodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spiritor scope of the present disclosure. The present examples are to beconsidered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the intention is notto be limited to the details given herein. For example, the variouselements or components may be combined or integrated in another systemor certain features may be omitted, or not implemented.

In addition, techniques, systems, subsystems, and methods described andillustrated in the various embodiments as discrete or separate may becombined or integrated with other systems, modules, techniques, ormethods without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.Other items shown or discussed as coupled or directly coupled orcommunicating with each other may be indirectly coupled or communicatingthrough some interface, device, or intermediate component whetherelectrically, mechanically, or otherwise. Other examples of changes,substitutions, and alterations are ascertainable by one skilled in theart and could be made without departing from the spirit and scopedisclosed herein.

1. A system, comprising: a proxy server computer configured to receive afirst service request message, to keep a message count based on anInternet protocol (IP) address, to drop the first service requestmessage if the message count reaches a threshold, to convert more thanone static data items from the first service request message into one ormore executable, complex objects by mapping the more than one staticdata items from the first service request message into correspondingmore than one place holders defined in an object definition schema, andto produce a second service request message by executing the one or moreexecutable, complex objects; and a mobile device having an applicationmanager, wherein the proxy server computer is configured to send thesecond service request message to a designated port on the mobiledevice, wherein the application manager is configured to listen on thedesignated port and in response to receiving the second service requestmessage on the designated port to wake up a provisioning applicationassociated with the designated port, and wherein the provisioningapplication is configured to initiate provisioning one or morepersonalized data items into the mobile device.
 2. The system of claim1, further comprising an initiating server configured to send the firstservice request message to be sent to the mobile device.
 3. The systemof claim 1, wherein the first service request message is in anextensible markup language (XML)-based format, and the second servicerequest message is a short message service message.
 4. The system ofclaim 1, where the first service request message is sent using ahypertext transfer protocol and the second service request message issent using a short message peer-to-peer protocol.
 5. The system of claim1, wherein the proxy server is a short message peer-to-peer protocolproxy server.
 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the proxy server isfurther configured to parse the first service request message using adocument object model parser.
 7. The system of claim 1, wherein theproxy server is further configured to parse the object definition schemausing a simple application program interface for XML parser.
 8. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the proxy server is further configured tokeep the message count based on a mobile directory number of the mobiledevice.
 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first service requestmessage and the second service request message include a mobiledirectory number of the mobile device and the designated port number.10. The system of claim 1, wherein the more than one place holdersdefined in the object definition schema have a hierarchicalrelationship.
 11. The system of claim 1, wherein executing the one ormore executable, complex objects comprises running the one or moreexecutable, complex objects in a virtual machine.
 12. The system ofclaim 1, further comprising a user interface to promote at least one ofediting the object definition schema and creating a new objectdefinition schema.
 13. The system of claim 1, wherein the proxy servercomprises a short message peer-to-peer protocol interface moduleconfigured to send the second service request message as a short messageservice second service request message to the designated port on themobile device.
 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the short messagepeer-to-peer protocol interface module is coupled with a short messageservice center to obtain routing information to route the short messageservice second service request message to the mobile device.
 15. Thesystem of claim 13, wherein the short message peer-to-peer protocolinterface module is configured to attempt a rebinding to a short messageservice center gateway if a first binding attempt fails and to repeatthe rebinding until the rebinding is successful or a predefined numberof the rebindings has been exhausted.
 16. The system of claim 1, whereinthe proxy server further comprises: an application program interfaceconfigured to receive the first service request message as an extensiblemarkup language (XML)-based service request message sent using ahypertext transfer protocol and containing the more than one static dataitems; an object generator configured to convert the more than onestatic data items from the XML-based first service request message intothe one or more executable, complex objects; and a protocol servicemodule configured to execute the one or more complex objects to producethe second service request message as a short message service secondservice request message.